The aim was simple: to deprive Karpov of his favourite occupation - standing at the board, staring straight at his opponent. While I was wearing these glasses, all he could admire was his own reflection.
Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.
Research is a lifelong occupation so it's hard to factor it in, but I reckon most books take 5 months from start to finish.
The truth is, no matter what your lifestyle or occupation, nothing can really stop you when you're allowing yourself to be exactly who you want to be.
My chosen occupation isn’t necessarily movie star; I see my chosen occupation as actor.
Praise is the highest occupation of any being
The Iraqis who have risen up against the occupation are not 'insurgents' or 'terrorists' or 'The Enemy. ' They are the revolution, the Minutemen, and their numbers will grow - and they will win.
The main Objective of any operation in an open file is the eventual Occupation of the seventh or eighth Rank.
A long-established occupation may form the very foundations of the moral life, that the art with which a man has solaced his toil may be the salvation of his uncertain temperament.
Serious occupation is labor that has reference to some want.
The man who falls in love chill find plenty of occupation.
For a lot of people, becoming an author is a change in occupation. . . they are coming from something that totally has nothing to do with this. If they are expecting to come into a room full of people praising them, then they are in the wrong place.
My chief occupation, despite appearances, has always been love.
He liked fishing and seemed to take pride in being able to like such a stupid occupation.
A well-paid occupation is seldom spoken of as "rewarding.
Who can separate his faith from his actions, or his belief from his occupations?
Business, more than any other occupation, is a continual dealing with the future; it is a continual calculation, an instinctive exercise in foresight.
For me, to celebrate the twelfth of October is the absolute expression of triumphism, occupation and presumptuousness, and I think that history will remember those that celebrate it.
The Europeans and Americans have said the martyrdom operations are why Hamas has been put on the terrorist list. But now these operations have stopped. Did they then remove Hamas from the list of terrorist organisations? We do not launch wars. We are people resisting occupation.
I am moreover inclined to be concise when I reflect on the constant occupation of the citizens in public and private affairs, so that in their few leisure moments they may read and understand as much as possible.